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May 14, 2013

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Written by

Quartz Staff

May 14, 2013

Good morning, Quartz readers!

What to watch for today

Google skydivers with wearable computers. Today is Google’s annual developer conference. Last year, skydivers arrived at the event wearing Google Glass. This year? More Glass, and more games, and maybe a smartwatch.

Did Europe grow in Q1? We’ll see the first measure of this year’s economic growth in EU countries, even as Europeans develop divergent views of how economic integration has helped and hurt them.

Come on Iran, show us your nukes. The EU’s top diplomat, representing the coalition of the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, will meet with Iran’s nuclear negotiator in Turkey for another attempt at getting Tehran to allow inspectors into its nuclear labs.

While you were sleeping

Peak oil? Try every-day-of-the-week oil. The International Energy Agency released a five-year forecast for the oil industry. And American shale will save us all. Also, over-capacity could mean oil prices will start dropping.

Airbus has sold more planes than Boeing this year. After the botched roll-out of its rival’s 787 Dreamliner, the European firm’s airline sales are driving profits at its parent company, EADS.

Six more clothing companies agree to tougher safety standards… The deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh has given six more apparel makers the push they need to sign a pact agreeing to pay for safety renovations at their factories there.

…But American companies lag behind. WalMart has announced plans to inspect its factories, but neither it nor the Gap have embraced the push for higher standards, claiming they’re worried about spurious lawsuits.

The US will borrow $200 billion less than expected this year. Does this mean there will be a budget surplus in 2015?

Angelina Jolie revealed she had a double mastectomy. The American actress explained the reasons and called on all women to get checked for breast cancer in a moving editorial in the New York Times. Quartz’s Lauren Brown presents the counter-argument: 75% of women who had a double mastectomy didn’t need it.

Did the Russians plant goofy spy tools on the US diplomat they arrested? Experts say that Ryan Fogle might be a US spy, but that his toolkit—including a bizarre recruitment letter and a compass—doesn’t make any sense.